Visualizing shear Alfvén wave currents near the ion-cyclotron frequency

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 552-553

  Vincena, Stephen ^a   Gekelman, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic propagation in plasma media; Plasma waves; Scientific visualization

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; VISUALIZATION;

ALFVEN WAVES; ION CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION;

PLASMA WAVES;

EID: 18844400296     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.845288     Document Type: Article

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